Usually means: Modern firearm propellant; burns cleanly.
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  1. smokeless powder: Merriam-Webster
  2. smokeless powder: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. smokeless powder: Collins English Dictionary
  4. smokeless powder: Vocabulary.com
  5. smokeless powder: Wordnik
  6. smokeless powder: Wiktionary
  7. smokeless powder: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. smokeless powder: Dictionary.com
  9. Smokeless powder: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. smokeless powder: Rhymezone
  11. smokeless powder: FreeDictionary.org
  12. smokeless powder: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. smokeless powder: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. smokeless powder: Legal dictionary

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  1. smokeless powder: Encyclopedia

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  1. smokeless powder: Medical dictionary

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  1. Explosives (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (smokeless powder)

noun:  An explosive, similar to gunpowder, consisting of nitrocellulose mixed with nitroglycerine or nitroguanidine; it burns with very little smoke.

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